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* '''Discussed''': "What sort of man could be horrible enough to kill the very man that raised them?"* '''Conversed''': ???

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* '''Discussed''': "What sort of man could be horrible enough to kill the very man that raised them?"him?"* '''Conversed''': ???"Considering the things Andrew put his son through, you'd feel sorry for Bob, too."

'''Basic Trope''': A character kills his or her father.* '''Straight''': Bob kills his father Andrew.* '''Exaggerated''': Bob dedicated all his life to the task of killing his father.* '''Justified''': Bob didn't know Andrew was his father.** Andrew is evil beyond redemption, and Bob is the only one in position to kill him.* '''Inverted''': [[OffingTheOffspring Andrew kills his son Bob]]* '''Averted''': Bob doesn't kill his father.* '''Subverted''': Bob attacks his father with murdering intentions, but backs away then...* '''Double Subverted''': ...Because he is not actually good in swordfight. He poisons Andrew an hour later.* '''Parodied''': * '''Deconstructed''': * '''Reconstructed''': * '''Zig Zagged''': * '''Enforced''': * '''Lampshaded''': "What have you done, Bob? He was your father!"* '''Invoked''': His death by his son's hand is part of Andrew's ThanatosGambit.* '''Defied''': "You are my father. I won't kill you, no matter what you've done."* '''Discussed''': * '''Conversed''': * '''Played For Laughs''': * '''Played For Drama''':

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